See Also: facies anterior corporis maxillae(medicine)
facies anterior medialis corporis humeri(medicine)
facies infratemporalis maxillae(medicine)
facies nasalis maxillae(medicine)
facies posterior corporis humeri(medicine)
facies anteromedialis corporis humeri(medicine)
facies anterolateralis corporis humeri(medicine)
facies anterior(medicine)
facies cruralis anterior(medicine)
facies cubitalis anterior(medicine)

tan(1) (iou) and facies anterior corporis maxillae (medicine)


tan(1) (iou)



tan noun1 & adjective. [tan] LME.
[from the verb. Cf. Old & mod. French tan, medieval Latin tannum.]
A. noun.
Crushed bark of oak or Other trees, used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather, and (formerly) in powdered form as a styptic and astringent. LME.
flowers of tan: see FLOWER noun 11.
b. Spent bark from tanning, used as a covering for paths, rides, etc. Also spent tan. M18.
c. The astringent principle of tanning bark, tannin; liquor containing this. E19.
a. A brown skin colour resulting from exposure to the sun or Other source of ultraviolet light. Cf. SUNTAN. M18.
b. A yellowish-brown colour. L19.
a. A shoe, boot, or garment of a tan colour. Usu. in pl. E20.
b. Hist. A member of the Black and Tans. Usu. in pl. M20.
Comb.: tanbark = sense A.1, 1b above; tan-bed a hotbed made of spent tan; tan-house: a building in which tanning is done; tan-pit (a) a tan-vat; (b) a tan-bed; tan-vat a receptacle, tub, or pit containing the liquor in which hides are placed in tanning; Tan war Hist. the conflict between the Black and Tans and the Irish nationalist forces in 1921; tan-yard a place where tanning is carried on, a tannery.
b. adjective. Of a yellowish-brown colour. Also, bronzed, suntanned. E16.
tannish adjective somewhat tan, rather yellowish-brown M20.

facies anterior corporis maxillae (medicine)


facies anterior corporis maxillae -->
anterior surface of maxilla


The surface of the maxilla below the orbit and lateral to the nasal aperture.

Synonym: facies anterior corporis maxillae.